Friday, July 28, 2017

New Blood Championships: A Tournament Designed To Find the Next Elite Generation of DOTA 2 Players

The New Blood Championship is an upcoming DOTA
2 (Defence of the Ancients) tournament that will launch in 2017. A total prize
pool of USD 40,000.00 and main event slots to the second season of Galaxy
Battles will serve as the ultimate prize for winners of this tournament.

The tournament itself is developed by two of the most
dominant esports companies in South East Asia: Hong Kong-based organization, Purpose
Win Entertainment Limited (PWEL) and Fallout Gaming (FG), the
leading South East Asian and Malaysian premium esports company.

Both companies recently completed their first
partnership project: Galaxy Battles. The international DOTA 2 tournament
held a total prize pool of USD 150,000.00 and took place from June 14th
– 18th 2017, in Shenzhen, China. Both companies share a vision to
start building more platforms that will find the next generation of competitive
esports athletes.

The South East Asian market for esports is growing at
an exponential rate that PWEL’s Project Director, Sky Lim, believes that
esports is no longer a niche and is prime and ready for the mainstream.

“The market for South East Asian eSports has been
growing rapidly, it is the second largest market in the world,” says Sky Lim.
“Many players in the region are qualified to compete with the rest of the
world. So we are looking forward to creating a ‘Shining Star’ South East Asian
team that will have the ability to take part at the world stage of any esports
tournament.”

The New Blood Championships will be the first in a
series of amateur gaming tournaments across South East Asia, specifically
targeted at providing more exposure to aspiring competitive gamers. Since the
tournament is strictly for amateur players, all competitive tier one (1) teams
and players are banned from competing at the finals.

The New Blood Championship tournament is divided into
three stages:

Online Country Qualifiers

On-ground Country Finals

The New Blood Championships Main Event

The open-country qualifiers will be held across five
countries: Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with
one additional “Rest of S.E.A” online qualifier that will consist of other
countries in the region. The top sixteen (16) teams from the qualifiers will
proceed to Stage 2, the On-ground Country Finals (with the exception of the
“Rest of S.E.A” qualifiers who will proceed directly to the New Blood
Championships Main Event).

The On-ground Country Finals will be a LAN event focused
in high traffic venues to shed exposure to the finalist from each participating
country. The top team from each on-ground country will qualify for the New
Blood Championships Main Event.

The New Bloods Championships Main Event will be hosted
in Jakarta, Indonesia and will feature one (1) qualifying team from each
country qualifier, (1) team “Rest of S.E.A” qualifier, and two (2) remaining
teams from GamePlan’s DOTA 2 amateur tournament to be hosted by Genysis
Esports. One more available slot remains but will be announced at a later date.

The first (1st) and second (2nd)
place winners from the New Blood Championships will proceed directly to the
Galaxy Battles Season Two (2) Main Event in Manila, Philippines, from January
17th – 21st, 2018. All is not lost as the third (3rd)
and fourth (4th) place teams will proceed to the Galaxy Battles Open
Qualifiers Top 16 for the fight to win the Open Qualifier’s slot.

With the introduction of the New Blood Championships
Tournament and the goal of finding the Philippine representative, High Grounds
Café owner, Eric Redulfin says, “It is time to discover new stars and rising
talent and with the launch of the New Bloods Championships that opportunity now
presents itself. It is a place where new local talents are born and communities
can finally get behind their country’s team.”

The first season of Galaxy Battles took place in China
from June 14th – 18th, 2017, at the Shenzhen Bay Sports
Centre Stadium to a crowd of 12,000 attendees over the course of seventy two (72)
hours. Eight (8) teams squared off for a prize pool of USD150,000 with Team
Newbee prevailing as Grand Champions.

“Building platforms that allow aspiring, competitive
athletes to further their careers is the ultimate goal. We at Fallout Gaming
have always believed in building platforms that allow amateurs to progress further.
Forging partnerships with PWEL and High Grounds only helps to accelerate our
vision”, shares Adrian Gaffor, Founder and Managing Director of Fallout Gaming,
in a concluding statement.

About Purpose
Win Entertainment Limited (PWEL)
Purpose Win Entertainment Limited (PWEL) is a Hong Kong & Malaysia-based
eSports company that organizes international tournaments. The company seeks to
promote the development of eSports around the world. PWEL’s aim is to be the
leading eSports organizer in the world via different games and platforms to
bring an extraordinary experience to those who participate in PWEL tournaments.

About Fallout Gaming

Fallout Gaming is a Malaysian esports marketing company focused on developing
the industry by bringing commercial brands and the world of gaming together.
Established in 2015, Fallout Gaming has now developed an eco-system which
brands can harness, whether it is in tournaments, marketing, and strategy, digital
and social media; built on strong corporate foundations, fueled by passion.

About High Grounds Café

High
Grounds Café is the first and only fully-branded, high-end gaming café in the
Philippines. High Grounds Café differentiates itself from other internet shops
and cyber cafes in the country by providing gamers with a premium and top-notch
environment that is powered by TNC, the top gaming brand in the Philippines,
and gaming computer giant, Acer Predator.